[PYTHON DB-SIG] [comp.lang.python] Date-Time requirements (esp. for databases)

[Jim Fulton]

Andy Eskilsson wrote:
> 
> / Jim Fulton <jim@digicool.com> wrote:
> |
> |  1. Support conversion from strings in a very wide variety of formats
> |     (e.g. 'Oct, 1, 1994 12:34am EST', '1994/10/1 00:34:21.456')
> 
> Thats what I have created my strptime function to do, you can find it
> at: http://www.fukt.hk-r.se/~flognat/hacks/, the inverse of strftime.
 
This looks good, but I want something that doesn't require a format
string.

> |  9. Support for daylight-savings time.
>
> In what way should this be done, when converting from local time to
> GMT or? That will need a database :-) I mean whe have just moved the
> switching from summertime to wintertime  one month, here in sweden..

Right.  Daylight-savings time introduces some definite complexities.

Jim

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